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Censorship and Freedom of Expression (1472)
Apr 3 2019 11:11am
Urgent Action update: Thirteen protesters freed, fifty held arbitrarily
On 27 February, a judge at the Cabinda Court ordered the provisional r...
Apr 3 2019 10:02am
Arrest of Northern Ireland reporters 'sends chilling message to investigative journalists'
Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey will give a speech at Amnesty’s Medi...
Apr 1 2019 11:02am
Urgent Action update: Journalist arrested twice in 6 weeks
Maria Ressa, human rights defender and executive editor of online news...
Mar 29 2019 5:27pm
BURUNDI: Amnesty demands immediate reinstatement of BBC
In response to the Burundian government’s decision to ban the British ...
Mar 27 2019 4:05pm
Urgent Action: Labour activist detained without lawyer
Wei Zhili, an editor of “New Generation” (xinshengdai), a website whic...
Mar 26 2019 4:36pm
Urgent Action outcome: Chechen human rights defender jailed
On 18 March the Shali City Court sentenced Oyub Titiev, head of the Me...
Mar 26 2019 1:54pm
Urgent Action update: Two Jehovah’s witnesses still detained
Artur Severinchik was released from detention on 15 March following th...
Mar 18 2019 6:29pm
Gaza: Hamas crackdown on peaceful cost-of-living protests is most severe for a decade
Amnesty consultant Hind Khoudary interrogated and ill-treated by secur...
Mar 18 2019 4:54pm
Urgent Action good news: Poet acquitted and released
Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet in Somaliland, was released on 25 Febr...
Mar 14 2019 2:24pm
Urgent Action: Activist and opposition members charged with treason
Activist Rashid Mahiya and Members of Parliament with the opposition, ...